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I used to think it was impossible to be a daily blogger. I remember writing several times that IF I could post artwork, and not words, I could do it. Yet here I am, not just posting art, I’m actually writing every day. Weird, I know, but it’s happening because of a huge shift in my thinking.

I remember thinking to myself..I’m a painter, what do I have to say? All I do is work all day in the studio ALONE..my life is pretty boring. I figured out I was looking at it all wrong, and I began to make some changes to my thinking. Instead of saying “I can’t, I can’t” I started saying “I can” for starters.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. – Julia Cameron

I also decided instead of trying to find a topic to write about, I’d instead ask myself one question when I sat down to write..”what’s going on today?” By answering that one little question, I filled up the post, and didn’t have much trouble finding words to do it. I tried it again the next day, and the next. I’m now in a writing groove, no longer at a loss for words. What surprised me the most is I no longer hate writing here, nor do I find it nearly as difficult as it used to be. Instead of having no words, I find myself editing out huge giant paragraphs to shorten my posts because I’m writing too much. ha! Never thought I’d say that in my lifetime. Well, it’s true. I did indeed write too much today, and I’m going to keep writing because the more I do it, the easier it gets.

If you’re finding it hard to write a blog post, try starting from where you are in that moment when you sit down to write, and go from there.

Writing makes you alive, and awake, and happy. – Natalie Goldberg